On 24 February, 2016, Lyudmila Ogorodova, RF Deputy Minister for Science and Education, chaired the IV session of the Counsel for R&D, technological and innovation cooperation between the BRICS countries. Anton Yanovsky, Project Director of the Russian Technology Transfer Network, attended this meeting as a head of the expert group for R&D and Innovation Platform (RDIP BRICS).

The session summarised the results of the events in the R&D, technological and innovation sector, held under the Russian Federation’s presidency in the BRICS interstate association. Special attention was paid to the issues of the research infrastructure of the five countries,

implementation of the multilateral Research Initiative and coordination of joint calls for R&D projects.

For more details about the IV session of the Counsel for R&D, technological and innovation cooperation in the BRICS framework, see the web-site of the RF Ministry for Education and Science: http://минобрнауки.рф/новости/7874